[privacy] Court: Bush acted illegal by spying on Americans

[Richard M. Smith]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070803/pl_nm/usa_surveillance_court_dc_1;_ylt=A
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. intelligence court earlier this year secretly
struck down a key element of President George W. Bush's warrantless spying
program, The Washington Post reported in its Friday edition. 

The decision is one reason Congress is trying to give legal authorization to
the spying program in fevered negotiations with the Bush administration this
week, the Post reported.

The intelligence-court judge, who remains anonymous, concluded that the
government had overstepped its authority by monitoring overseas
communications that pass through the United States, the Post said, citing
anonymous government and congressional sources.

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